About the Program

2008 Outlook

This should be an exciting year at CCRI for the sport of Cross Country.
The college will host the 2008 NJCAA Division III National Championship
on Saturday November 8th. CCRI Cross Country will also be holding two other
exciting competitions at the Flanagan Campus this autumn. On Saturday, September
27th, Rhode Island College will be holding their annual Ray Dwyer Invitational
at the Flanagan campus. Also on Saturday, October 4th , the CCRI cross country
team will be hosting the Tri-State invitational. All three competitions
promise to bring a nice mix of talented runners from the NCAA Division III
and NJCAA Division III ranks to the beautiful Flanagan Campus this season.

The CCRI team will begin their 2008 competition season on Saturday, September
20th at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth campus. The team will
be led by second year runner James Sylvestre who in 2007 placed 7th at the
NJCAA Division III Championships. James will be joined by 2007 team mate
Chris Allegretta. Both men are training hard as they gear up for this season’s
first event. James and Chris will also be Co captains of this years team.
Sylvestre and Allegretta will be joined by five first year runners in 2008.
Chris Pereira and Nate Cabana, 2007 Cumberland High graduates, should play
strong rolls on the CCRI squad. Josh Santos from Shea High along with Tollgate
High standout Matthew Arrico will be among the CCRI top runners. Dennis
Lafleur, 2006 Coventry High graduate, will round out the top seven on this
year’s team. Both James Sylvestre and Chris Pereira have the potential to
run in the time range of 26:30 thru 28:30 for the men’s 8k distance. This
time range could place them well at most of the 2008 season’s competitions.
Sophomore Chris Allegretta, along with the remaining men should be
able to cover the 8k distance in the 29:00 to 31:00 time range. The seven
runners competing at this level could make for a fairly competitive squad
in the NJCAA Division III ranks for 2008.

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